Isaac



.accompanying drawings, and to the-letters of l kernels are in the milky state, the operation of have invented a curved knifeA and armed `the took a common caseknife and bent the blade" Ato the blade of the knife and soldered the same UNITE l I'sAAc' WIVNSLOW, 'or PHILA DeLPHrA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT nl KNlvEsion-REMOVING GREEN coRN FROM THE co.

Specitication forming part of Letters Iat'cnt No. 515,379, dated December 5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ISAAC VVINSLGW, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of hiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knivesfor Renueving Green Corn from the Cob; and I do hereby declare-that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference' being had to the removing them from the cob is somewhat difficult. In order to, facilitate this operation I` same with agage.

Intle accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my curved knife with the gage thereon. lFig. 2 is nl revelseside view of the same; Fig. 3-is a top orback view of the knife and gage. A

In myfirst attempts to use a curved knife I- laterally, so as to apply/*the curvature to the circumference of the'cob. Theng tted a gage thereon, in order to regulate fthe cutting of the knife and prevent cutting into the cob when removing the corn. f Such a simple knife is represented in the accompanying drawings, the` blade of the knife being sho'wn at A and the shield at B in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, The gage B is made of tin-plate or other metal and provided with ears b, through which the blade of tbe'kuit'e passes. The upper or back part of this gage may be slightly curved, as seenin The space between' the knife and the gage shouldV nearly correspond Withfthe 'size or length of the kernels of corn to becut from the'cob. r A Ipropose to manufacture Yknives especially for cutting green cornv fromrthe cob, and to vary the shape and dimensions ofthe bl'ade and, handle somewhat from the rude knife abovev described.. l. l

I am aware that spoke-shaves have been curved, the stock forming a gage; but such instruments could not serve the purpose of in v improved knite, the gage of which is very broad and projects forward of the edge ofthe 'knifc v y .l Having thus fully described my invention, 'y what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters-,-

Patent of ythe Unitedv States, isf-l v The abovcdescribed curved knife, provided with a broad fiat gage, for the purpose of .cutf t ting green cornfromthe cobfsubstantially in the mannerset forth..

'lSAAG-WINSLUW. Witnesses 1 FREDERICK Fox,

IRA J. BA'rcnELoa. 

